Tarro, New South Wales

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Tarro
Newcastle, New South Wales
Population: 1558 [1]
• Density: 1948/km² (5045.3/sq mi) Note1
Postcode: 2322
Coordinates: 32°48′32.3″S 151°39′21.9″E / -32.808972, 151.656083Coordinates: 32°48′32.3″S 151°39′21.9″E / -32.808972, 151.656083
Area: 5.2 km² (2.0 sq mi) Note2
Time zone:

 • Summer (DST)

 AEST (UTC+10)

AEDT (UTC+11)
Property Value: AUD $245,500
Location:
LGA: City of Newcastle
Region: Hunter
County: Northumberland
Parish: Alnwick
State District: Cessnock
Federal Division:
Suburbs around Tarro:
Woodberry, Beresfield Woodberry Tomago
Beresfield Tarro Tomago
Black Hill Black Hill Hexham

Tarro is a north-western suburb of the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

It has a railway station (opened in 1857 with the Newcastle-Maitland railway, the first section of the Main North line from Sydney to the New England region)[2] on CityRail's Hunter line. It is also on the New England Highway.

At the 2006 census, Tarro had a population of 1,558, almost all of which is concentrated in the south-western corner of the suburb.[1][3]

Tarro has a public primary school (established 1962) and a Catholic primary school. The nearest public secondary school is Francis Greenway High School at Beresfield.

Tarro has a newsagency-general store, butcher's shop, take-away food store, petrol station, hotel and motel. There is also a fire station, community hall, Telstra telephone exchange, pumping station and depot belonging to the Hunter Valley Water Board, electricity sub-station and a number of small churches. The pumping station is heritage listed[1]. A sports ground has several soccer fields, a playground and bird ponds constructed from former wetlands.

The foundation stone for Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (42 Anderson Drive) [2] was laid on 4 December,1922.

Tarro previously had a post office and police station. Both of these are now closed and the Tarro is served by Berefield.

Tarro has an old pioneer cemetery [3] on Western Ave with burials dating from the mid nineteenth century.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^  Most of Tarro is unpopulated with almost all of the population residing in the south-western corner of the suburb. The population density figure provided is the average density of the part of the suburb where most of the population lives, not the average for the whole area which is considerably lower at 299.6 persons per square kilometre. This lower figure does not accurately represent the population density in the suburb.
  2. ^  Area calculation is based on NSW GNB maps.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Tarro (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  2. ^ Main North Line. www.nswrail.net. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
  3. ^ Tarro. Department of Lands - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Department of Lands. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
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